公开(公告)号：EP2560359A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-20

申请号：EP12183299.2

申请日：2006-03-17

申请人： Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.

发明人： Cioffi, John ,  Rhee, Wonjong ,  Silverman, Peter ,  Ginis, Georgios

IPC分类号： H04M11/06 ,  H04M3/30

摘要： Methods, apparatus and computer program products allow a user of DSL or the like to implement user preferences to the extent feasible in light of operational limits and conditions. In some embodiments, an operational profile is imposed on the user. User preference data is evaluated to determine the extent to which one or more user preferences can be implemented in light of the operational profile. One or more controllers can assist in collecting user preference data, evaluating the user preference data, operational data and other data and information, and implementing user preferences as feasible. Evaluation of the user preference data and operational profile and/or data can include considering the compatibility of the user's preferences and the operational profile and/or data. Controllers assisting users can include a local controller at the user's location, one or more upstream-end local controllers, one or more remote location controllers, and/or one or more other downstream-end device controllers at locations other than the user's location. Data and information can be shared among the various controllers, either using the DSL system itself or using a proprietary or other alternative data system.

摘要翻译： 方法，装置和计算机程序产品允许DSL等的用户根据操作限制和条件在可行的范围内实现用户偏好。 在一些实施例中，对用户施加操作简档。 评估用户偏好数据以确定可以根据操作简档来实现一个或多个用户偏好的程度。 一个或多个控制器可以帮助收集用户偏好数据，评估用户偏好数据，操作数据和其他数据和信息，以及尽可能地实现用户偏好。 用户偏好数据和操作简档和/或数据的评估可以包括考虑用户偏好与操作简档和/或数据的兼容性。 辅助用户的控制器可以包括用户位置处的本地控制器，一个或多个上游本地控制器，一个或多个远程位置控制器和/或用户位置之外的位置处的一个或多个其它下游端设备控制器。 数据和信息可以在各种控制器之间共享，无论是使用DSL系统本身还是使用专用或其他替代数据系统。

公开(公告)号：EP2449758A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-09

申请号：EP09790028.6

申请日：2009-07-01

申请人： Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.

发明人： CIOFFI, John ,  FLOWERS, Mark ,  BRADY, Mark ,  TEHRANI, Ardavan, Maleki ,  GOLDBURG, Marc ,  GINIS, George ,  SILVERMAN, Peter

IPC分类号： H04M11/06 ,  H04L12/24

CPC分类号： H04B17/00 ,  H04L12/2856 ,  H04L41/0823 ,  H04L41/142 ,  H04L2012/6478 ,  H04M3/304 ,  H04M11/062

摘要： A Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Management Center (DMC) coupled to a DSL network includes a data collection module that receives information regarding the DSL network from a plurality of sources. An analysis module is coupled to the data collection module to analyze the received information and issue a command for one or more of a plurality of DSL performance enhancement devices to optimize their operation. A command signal generation module is coupled to the analysis module to receive the issued command from the analysis module and generate a corresponding command signal for transmission to one or more of the DSL performance enhancement devices.

摘要翻译： 耦合到DSL网络的数字用户线（DSL）管理中心（DMC）包括从多个源接收关于DSL网络的信息的数据收集模块。 分析模块被耦合到数据收集模块以分析所接收的信息并且发出用于多个DSL性能增强设备中的一个或多个的命令以优化其操作。 命令信号生成模块耦合到分析模块以从分析模块接收所发出的命令，并产生相应的命令信号，以传输到一个或多个DSL性能增强设备。

公开(公告)号：EP2259495B1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-09

申请号：EP10179600.1

申请日：2004-12-02

申请人： Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.

发明人： Cioffi, John ,  Rhee, Wonjong

IPC分类号： H04L12/24

CPC分类号： H04L43/16 ,  H04B3/32 ,  H04L1/0002 ,  H04L1/0019 ,  H04L12/2856 ,  H04L12/2874 ,  H04L12/2898 ,  H04L12/6418 ,  H04L27/2608 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0853 ,  H04L41/145 ,  H04L43/00 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L43/0847 ,  H04L43/0888 ,  H04L43/0894 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L2012/6478 ,  H04M3/2209 ,  H04M3/30 ,  H04M3/304 ,  H04M3/34 ,  H04M11/062 ,  Y02D50/10

摘要： A transmission system comprises a transmission channel, a transmission error value monitor and a controller. The transmission channel is arranged to carry data between a transmitter and a receiver/decoder, each communicably interfaced with the transmission channel. The transmission error value monitor is communicably interfaced with the receiver/decoder to periodically monitor for Measured transmission Error Values MEVs of such characteristics, magnitude, and/or frequency of occurrence over time, as to represent transmission errors detected on the transmission channel. The MEVs are periodically monitored after training and initialization on the receiver/decoder. The MEVs are selected from a group comprising: a bit error rate, errored seconds, errored minutes, code violations over a fixed period of time, Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) measured at the receiver/decoder, and Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) throughput. The transmission error value monitor is further arranged to generate an input signal based on the transmission errors detected on the transmission channel based on the MEVs. The controller is coupled with the transmitter to receive the input signal from the transmission error value monitor and to further generate control signals that instruct the transmitter and/or the receiver/decoder coding-related components to adjust their operation by changing at least an N codeword parameter outside of an interleaver of the transmission system, wherein the N codeword parameter represents a number of bytes per data frame.

摘要翻译： 传输系统包括传输信道，传输误差值监视器和控制器。 传输信道被布置为在发射机和接收机/解码器之间传送数据，每个传输信道可以与传输信道可通信地对接。 传输误差值监视器与接收机/解码器可通信地接口，以便周期性地监视这些特性，幅度和/或时间出现频率的测量传输误差值MEV，以便表示在传输信道上检测到的传输错误。 在接收器/解码器上训练和初始化之后，MEV被周期性地监视。 MEV选自包括：误码率，错误秒，错误分钟，固定时间段的代码违规，在接收器/解码器处测量的信噪比（SNR）和传输控制协议，以及 互联网协议（TCP / IP）吞吐量。 传输误差值监视器还被布置成基于基于MEV在传输信道上检测到的传输错误来生成输入信号。 控制器与发射机耦合以从传输误差值监视器接收输入信号，并且进一步产生控制信号，该控制信号指示发射机和/或接收机/解码器编码相关组件通过至少改变N个码字来调整其操作 参数在传输系统的交织器之外，其中N个码字参数表示每个数据帧的字节数。

公开(公告)号：EP1700410B1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-28

申请号：EP04801294.2

申请日：2004-12-02

申请人： Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.

发明人： CIOFFI, John, M.

IPC分类号： H04L1/00

CPC分类号： H04L1/0057 ,  H04B3/32 ,  H04L1/0002 ,  H04L1/0009 ,  H04L1/0019 ,  H04L1/0071 ,  H04L12/2856 ,  H04L12/2874 ,  H04L12/2898 ,  H04L12/6418 ,  H04L27/2608 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0853 ,  H04L41/142 ,  H04L43/00 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L43/0847 ,  H04L43/0888 ,  H04L43/0894 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L43/16 ,  H04L2012/6478 ,  H04M3/2209 ,  H04M3/30 ,  H04M3/304 ,  H04M3/34 ,  H04M11/062

公开(公告)号：EP1757042B1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-14

申请号：EP05747117.9

申请日：2005-05-18

申请人： Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.

发明人： CIOFFI, John, M. ,  RHEE, Wonjong

IPC分类号： H04L12/56 ,  H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04L47/10 ,  H04L12/2889 ,  H04L47/11 ,  H04L47/12

摘要： Improved DSL and/or other communication system services can be provided by motivating users, service providers and operators to implement and comply with one or more operational conditions, such as parameter value limits and/or ranges, that enhance operation of the communication system. Enhanced operation can include providing a reward such as an operational benefit to one or more users and/or mitigating problems experienced by other users in the communication system, which can be one or more communication lines. A DSL line implementing and complying with one or more operational conditions is provided with a reward (such as an operational benefit like a higher maximum data rate), which is otherwise withheld if the line fails to comply with the condition(s). Each operational condition may be set and monitored by a controller, such as a DSL optimizer that collects and analyzes operational data to determine compliance. Other requirements may be imposed for a DSL line to be eligible for the reward, such as the requiring the DSL line to provide operational data to the controller and requiring the DSL line's acceptance of control signals from the controller. The controller can use the operational data and line control to enhance system operation, for example to reduce crosstalk between lines in a common binder.

公开(公告)号：EP1897306A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-12

申请号：EP06727405.0

申请日：2006-03-16

申请人： Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.

发明人： CIOFFI, John M. ,  RHEE, Wonjong ,  GINIS, Georgios

IPC分类号： H04L25/06 ,  H04L27/34

CPC分类号： H04L25/03343 ,  H04L2025/03414

摘要： Precoding mitigates or removes interference signals (especially crosstalk) among multiple users with interconnected transmitters in vectored DSL systems and the like. Efficient implementation is provided of the R matrix in RQ factorization that characterizes multi-user downstream vector channels (such as DMT VDSL one-sided or two-sided transmission channels). A set of precoder coefficients can vary with each tone used by each user and depend upon the encoding order of users selected for each tone. In adaptive operation, the coefficients of the R and Q matrices can be updated when changes occur to the transmission environment. Variable modulo arithmetic mitigates the power-enhancement problem, and the base of modular arithmetic also can vary with each user within a single precoder for a single tone. Some embodiments use a "subtraction only" mode while other embodiments use a dither signal and/or modulo arithmetic, though embodiments of the present invention do not require use of identical constellations by both transmitter and receiver.

公开(公告)号：EP1897241A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-12

申请号：EP06727343.3

申请日：2006-03-16

申请人： Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.

发明人： CIOFFI, John, M. ,  GINIS, Georgios

IPC分类号： H04B3/32 ,  H04L5/02

CPC分类号： H04L5/023 ,  H04B3/32

摘要： Methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products address one-sided vectoring systems that include a bonded-line set having two or more bonded DSL lines within a vectored group wherein other techniques such as precoding, tonal predictive GDFEs, tonal rotors and ordering techniques can be implemented. The performance of lines within a bonded set for a single customer can be improved for both upstream and downstream by nesting a vector coding system within, for example, GDFE and/or precoder architectures. The DSL lines within such a bonded group can have rotors applied at both transmit and receive side to achieve higher performance for these lines. The triangular matrix used by the GDFE and the precoder systems of the above- referenced applications can be modified in this context.

摘要翻译： 方法，装置，系统和计算机程序产品针对单向向量系统，其包括在向量组内具有两个或更多个结合DSL线的绑定线集合，其中诸如预编码，音调预测GDFE，音调转子和排序技术的其他技术可以 实施。 通过将矢量编码系统嵌套在例如GDFE和/或预编码器架构内，可以为上游和下游改善用于单个客户的绑定集合内的线路的性能。 这种接合组中的DSL线路可以具有在发射端和接收侧应用的转子，以实现这些线路的更高性能。 GDFE使用的三角矩阵和上述应用的预编码器系统可以在此上下文中进行修改。

公开(公告)号：EP1894402A2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-05

申请号：EP06744630.2

申请日：2006-03-16

申请人： Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.

发明人： CIOFFI, John, M. ,  RHEE, Wonjong ,  LEE, Bin ,  GINIS, Georgios ,  ALMANDOZ, Iker

IPC分类号： H04M11/06

CPC分类号： H04M3/247 ,  H04M3/304 ,  H04M11/062 ,  H04M2201/12 ,  H04M2201/36

摘要： A self-learning and/or self-adjusting communication controller and/or optimizer uses operational data collected from a communication system to adjust operation of the communication system to changing operational, environmental, etc. conditions and, in some embodiments, to customize operation of the communication system's lines and components so that their performance can be controlled, improved and/or optimized. In various embodiments, operational parameters and/or rules are established and/or adjusted based on information obtained from the system concerning the system's operation; information regarding margins used by a DSL system and code violation counts reported by the DSL system are used to set margin levels for one or more line sets (each line set including an individual line, a group of lines, a binder, etc.) and/or other users and/or components of the DSL system; and, the controller and/or optimizer forces a small number of test lines into as yet un-experienced and/or unimplemented operational conditions so that new knowledge can be obtained.

公开(公告)号：EP2076972B1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-28

申请号：EP07852551.6

申请日：2007-10-05

申请人： Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.

发明人： CIOFFI, John, M. ,  JAGANNATHAN, Sumanth ,  CHEN, Chiang-yu

IPC分类号： H04B3/32 ,  H04L25/03 ,  H04L27/26

CPC分类号： H04L27/2647 ,  H04B3/32 ,  H04L25/03159 ,  H04L2025/03414 ,  H04L2025/03611 ,  H04L2025/03681 ,  H04L2025/0377

摘要： An adaptive interference cancellation system is described. In one example the system operates by receiving a data signal using a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) and receiving a reference signal, the reference signal corresponding, in part, to noise on the data signal. The reference signal is classified and a noise cancellation signal is applied to the data signal based on the classification.

公开(公告)号：EP3264683A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-03

申请号：EP17170000.8

申请日：2004-12-02

申请人： Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.

发明人： CIOFFI, John, M. ,  RHEE, Wonjong

IPC分类号： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04L1/0002 ,  H04B3/32 ,  H04L1/0019 ,  H04L12/2856 ,  H04L12/2869 ,  H04L12/2874 ,  H04L12/2898 ,  H04L12/6418 ,  H04L27/2608 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L41/083 ,  H04L41/0833 ,  H04L41/0853 ,  H04L41/145 ,  H04L43/00 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L43/0847 ,  H04L43/0888 ,  H04L43/0894 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L43/16 ,  H04L2012/6478 ,  H04M3/2209 ,  H04M3/30 ,  H04M3/304 ,  H04M3/34 ,  H04M11/062 ,  Y02D50/10

摘要： Controlling margins in a DSL modem pair is based on collected operational data. The operational data is analysed and at least one of the modems in the modem pair is instructed to use a margin-related parameter value to assist the modem pair in meeting a margin target, such as a margin limit imposed by a DSL standard or the like. A controller, such as a DSM Center, a "smart" modem unit and/or a computer system can collect and analyse the operational data and generate one or more margin-related parameter values. The margin-related parameter value may be a PSD-related value, such as the MAXNOMPSD, MAXNOMATP or PSDMASK parameter used by various ADSL systems, and may be a shaped spectral mask and/or caps or limits on bit loading for use in transmissions between the modems. In some cases, preference bands can be imposed to direct modems to favour and/or avoid certain frequencies in the modem's usable band(s). The operational data may include historical data relating to prior performance of the modem pair and prior margin compliance. A distribution of margins also may be based on operational data and may be estimated as a function of data rate. Using the estimated margin distribution, a distribution of performance parameters also is calculated, including the probabilities of line outages and probabilities of one or more error parameters exceeding minimum levels. Data rates and/or performance-related parameters may be set on the basis of the estimated performance of the system using various margin settings and levels.

摘要翻译： 在DSL调制解调器对中控制余量基于收集的操作数据。 分析操作数据，并且指示调制解调器对中的调制解调器中的至少一个使用边界相关参数值来帮助调制解调器对满足边界目标，诸如由DSL标准等所施加的边界限制 。 诸如DSM中心，“智能”调制解调器单元和/或计算机系统的控制器可收集和分析操作数据并生成一个或多个与边界相关的参数值。 裕量相关参数值可以是PSD相关值，诸如由各种ADSL系统使用的MAXNOMPSD，MAXNOMATP或PSDMASK参数，并且可以是成形的频谱掩码和/或用于在 调制解调器。 在某些情况下，偏好频段可以强制指示调制解调器支持和/或避免调制解调器可用频段中的某些频率。 操作数据可以包括涉及调制解调器对的先前性能和先前保证金遵从性的历史数据。 利润率的分布也可以基于运营数据，并且可以作为数据速率的函数来估计。 使用估计的边际分布，还计算性能参数的分布，包括线路中断概率和一个或多个错误参数超过最小水平的概率。 数据速率和/或与性能有关的参数可以基于使用各种裕量设置和级别的系统的估计性能来设置。